{"id":352,"date":"2018-11-05T18:26:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T18:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/05\/rissos-dolphins-and-sperm-whale\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:38:38","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:38:38","slug":"rissos-dolphins-and-sperm-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/rissos-dolphins-and-sperm-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"Risso&#8217;s dolphins and a Sperm whale in S\u00e3o Miguel Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #1d2129;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">Although the sea was a little bit rough today, we could still enjoy this beautiful sunny day.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #1d2129;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #1d2129;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">In the beginning of the trip we found a small group of male risso&#8217;s close to shore.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #1d2129;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #1d2129;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">After some time of navigation, the crew saw one sperm whale blow at distance so we headed there and passed some time with the animal up to when it fluked to go in a deep dive.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #1d2129;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #1d2129;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">On our way back we were visited by a cory&#8217;s shearwater that landed in our boat. Gladly he was safe and we were able to realeased it back in the ocean.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #1d2129;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #1d2129;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">Photos by Rafael Martins&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #1d2129;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1-2-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1-2-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">Risso&#8217;s dolphin<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2-3-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2-3-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><b>Sperm whale<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3-3-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3-3-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<b style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sperm whale tail<\/b><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4-3-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4-3-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<b style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sperm whale tail<\/b><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5-2-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5-2-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><b>Sperm whale at surface&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6-2-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6-2-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><b>Risso&#8217;s dolphin and a cory&#8217;s&nbsp;<span style=\"background-color: white;\">shearwater<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #1d2129;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; 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